
Rod Taylor
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Rodney Sturt "Rod" Taylor (January 11, 1930 – January 7, 2015) was an Australian-born American actor of film and television. He appeared in over 50 films, including leading roles in The Time Machine, Seven Seas to Calais, The Birds, Sunday in New York, Young Cassidy, Dark of the Sun, The Liquidator, and The Train Robbers.
Known for
Credits

Inglourious Basterds (2009)
as Winston Churchill

One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
as Pongo (voice)

The Birds (1963)
as Mitch Brenner

Giant (1956)
as David Karfrey

The Time Machine (1960)
as H. George Wells

Zabriskie Point (1970)
as Lee Allen

Kaw (2007)
as Doc

36 Hours (1964)
as Major Walter Gerber

Dark of the Sun (1968)
as Curry

The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
as Bruce Templeton

The Train Robbers (1973)
as Grady

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies (2022)
as Self - (archive footage)

Separate Tables (1958)
as Charles

Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)
as John Brodie Evans (as Rodney Taylor)

The V.I.P.s (1963)
as Les Mangrum

Powderkeg (1971)
as Hank Brackett

A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
as Col. Hollis Farr

Chuka (1967)
as Chuka

The Hell with Heroes (1968)
as Brynie MacKay

Fate Is the Hunter (1964)
as Captain Jack Savage

Not Quite Hollywood (2008)
as Self

Raintree County (1957)
as Garwood B. Jones

Sunday in New York (1963)
as Mike Mitchell

The Virgin Queen (1955)
as Cpl. Gwilym

The Liquidator (1965)
as Brian Ian "Boysie" Oakes

Long John Silver (1954)
as Israel Hands

Ask Any Girl (1959)
as Ross Taford

Hotel (1967)
as Peter McDermott

Do Not Disturb (1965)
as Mike Harper

Trader Horn (1973)
as Trader Horn

World Without End (1956)
as Herbert Ellis

Jamaican Gold (1979)
as Marian Casey

Nobody Runs Forever (1968)
as Scobie Malone

The Deadly Trackers (1973)
as Frank Brand

Open Season (1995)
as Billy Patrick

Young Cassidy (1965)
as John Cassidy

The Heroes (1973)
as Lieutenant Bob Robson

US Against the World (1977)
as Self

Mask of Murder (1985)
as Supt. Bob McLaine

Disney's Halloween Treat (1982)
as Pongo (voice) (archive footage)

Cry of the Innocent (1980)
as Steve Donegin

The Catered Affair (1956)
as Ralph Halloran

The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy (1996)
as General Sorenson

Welcome to Woop Woop (1998)
as Daddy-O

Family Flight (1972)
as Jason Carlyle

Grass Roots (1992)
as Gen. Willoughby

Hell River (1974)
as Marko

Half Nelson (1985)
Actor

Lionpower from MGM (1967)
as Self - Curry (archive footage) (uncredited)

A Time to Die (1982)
as Jack Bailey

Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960)
as Pirro

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (1981)
as 'Black Jack' Bouvier

Disney's Greatest Dog Stars (1976)
as Pongo (voice) (uncredited)

Darker Than Amber (1970)
as Travis McGee

The Great Gatsby (1958)
as Nick Carraway

Step Down to Terror (1958)
as Mike Randall

Seven Seas to Calais (1962)
as Sir Francis Drake

The Man Who Had Power Over Women (1970)
as Peter Reaney

Hellinger's Law (1981)
as Clint Tolliver

The Picture Show Man (1977)
as Palmer

Top Gun (1955)
as Lem Sutter

Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (1982)
as Edward Adeane

A Matter of Wife... and Death (1975)
as Shamus McCoy

Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches (2017)
as Self

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1986)
as Self

Marbella (1985)
as Commander W.P. Anderson

Wayne Train (1973)
as Self

Vortex (1976)
as Christopher Tauling

Palomino (1991)
as Bill King

All About 'The Birds' (2000)
as Self

Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland (1965)
as self

Time Machine: The Journey Back (1993)
as Self / Narrator / H.G. Welles

On the Run (1983)
as Mr. Payatta
Death on the Oregon Trail (—)
Actor

King of the Coral Sea (1954)
as Jack Janiero

Every Girl's Dream (1966)
as Self

The Point of Betrayal (1995)
as Ted Kitteridge
Inland with Sturt (1951)
as George McLeay
Catalina Island (1966)
as Self





